{"id":58134,"date":"2023-06-15T16:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=58134"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:33:27","slug":"dead-goat-found-dumped-inside-garbage-bag-sparks-lcso-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/06\/dead-goat-found-dumped-inside-garbage-bag-sparks-lcso-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead goat found dumped inside garbage bag sparks LCSO investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neighbors in Lehigh Acres are worried after finding what they think is the illegal dumping of a dead goat in a garbage bag along Carpenter Street.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s usually really quiet here and you\u2019re there if there\u2019s quite a few kids run up and down the street,\u201d one resident said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat.png 328w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>But on Wednesday, neighbors like Kara Tyler-Julian woke up to a disgusting sight, just feet away from her house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just would like for more people in the community in Lehigh to just be more aware,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She drove by Tuesday night at 9 p.m. and didn\u2019t notice anything too unusual. But this morning on her way to work she saw a swarm of bugs near a garbage bag.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw on the side of the road dead chicken, next to it a garbage bag with an animal leg sticking out,\u201d Tyler-Julian said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-a.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-a.png 499w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/goat-a-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>She said this is unfortunately a sight she\u2019s familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt just reminded me of all the bags of headless chickens we found in the woods at the same spot over the years and I figured out whoever that was\u2026they\u2019re back and now they\u2019ve graduated to goats,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, her first call was to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office (LCSO).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neighbors figured it was at the very least, illegal dumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think somebody sacrificing animals and then just came out here to dump it,\u201d Tyler-Julian said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if they don\u2019t know any better how to dump it\u2026I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCSO said they are investigating, but they do not believe this is an animal cruelty case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the laws on disposal of dead animal bodies but I\u2019m pretty sure this isn\u2019t it,\u201d Tyler-Julian said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She wants this to be a reminder \u2014 if you see something, say something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t throw your dead goat on the side of the road, you know,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neighbors in Lehigh Acres are worried after finding what they think is the illegal dumping of a dead goat in a garbage bag along Carpenter Street.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s usually really quiet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2383],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58137,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58134\/revisions\/58137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}